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AN EASY METHOD OF 
for the worms; and yet in raising the hive 
four weeks afterwards, I found them appa- 
rently full grown all around the hive in the 
dirt. I have found them very plentiful in a 
tree ninety feet from the ground. 
The best method, in common practice, to 
prevent the depredations of the moth, is, to 
suspend the bottom bogrd so far below the 
lower edge of the hive as to give the bees 
free entrance and egress all around the same 
during the moth season, or to raise the com- 
mon hive, by placing under it little blocks at 
each corner, w.hieh produces good effect. But 
I know of but one rule, which is an infallible 
one, to prevent their depredations, and that 
is this: keep the combs well guarded by bees. 
See Rule 10, and remarks on 12. 
Large hives that never swarm, are never 
destroyed by the moth, unless they lose their 
Queen, melt down, or meet with some cas- 
ualty, out of the ordinary course of managing 
them. They are not often in the least annoy- 
ed by them, unless there are bad joints, cracks, 
or shakes, so as to afford some lurking places 
for the worms. The reason for their prosper- 
